Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 292 and 293 of 13 April 2017, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. 

The 85% advance payment for 2016 has been processed and payment has issued to the person named.  Following this payment it appeared that details of one GLAS parcel declared as Low Input Permanent Pasture was not included in the payment calculation  

Department officials are actively working to reinstate this action on the online system with a view to issuing any outstanding balance due to the person named.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39435/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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A GLAS 3 application for the person named was received on the GLAS online system on the 15 December 2016.  On the basis of the actions applied for the application was ranked but did not meet the minimum score of 16.5 required for entry into the scheme.

The agricultural advisor for the applicant requested a review of the decision to GLAS Division on 7 July 2017. The original decision remained unchanged following this review, the outcome of which was notified by letter dated 27 July 2017. This decision letter also outlined the right to appeal this decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office.